Quire (noun)
kw-ire
(traditionally) Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts.
(modern) 25 sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream.
Middle English from Old French quaier, from Latin quaterni ‘set of four’.
Example sentences
“a quire of paper for you.”
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